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The Four Horsemen is a 2012 British documentary film that criticizes the system of fractional reserve banking, debt-based economy and political lobbying by banks, which it regards as a serious threat to Western civilization....

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes...

Smartphones remain a luxury for most, but nearly everyone logs on to social networks once they gain internet access. These are among the findings from a new survey from the Pew Research Center, which...

Miracle Planet is a five-part documentary series, co-produced by Japan’s NHK and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), narrated by Christopher Plummer, which tells the 4.6-billion-year-old story of how life has evolved from...

This episode of HOOKED: ILLEGAL DRUGS AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY examines the history of the poppy plant and three of its deadliest derivatives, Opium, Morphine, and Heroin. In ancient times, the poppy...

The series considers the unparalleled stretch of violence as a single, unrelenting “war of the world” that began with Japan’s invasion of Russia in 1904 and continued through the Korean War and all the...

This episode chronicles primates that would evolve to become humans and why the Cro-Magnons succeeded over Neanderthals. Miracle Planet is a five-part 2005 documentary series, co-produced by Japan’s NHK and the National Film Board...